# Andy Ma

> Software Engineer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/andyma

## Work Experience
### Electrical Engineer | PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) @ Applied Materials
Jan 2021 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States

### Full Stack Engineer @ Personal Software Engineering Projects
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
- Implemented the instant messaging and photo sending feature using Socket.IO .
- Developed the backend using MongoDB to hold the messages, conversations, and images as well as developing the server that facilitated the live messaging. 
- Collaborated with a team to design the architecture of the application and establish the flow of data between various components. Through this process, we were able to create a robust and scalable system that effectively met the needs of our users.

Skills: Javascript | React.js | Express.js | Amazon EC2 | Socket.IO

### Back-End Engineer @ Personal Software Engineering Projects
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Worked on a team that was tasked with converting an existing monolithic backend over to a micro-serviced based backend.

- Developed and implemented a new microservice backend using Express.js and Postgres, ensuring high performance, scalability, and maintainability.
-Utilized NGINX for load balancing to distribute incoming traffic evenly across multiple instances of the microservice, improving the overall reliability and availability of the application.
-Implemented Nginx caching to reduce response times and improve the overall user experience, resulting in a significant increase in the number of requests per second (4000 RPS).
-Deployed the microservice on AWS EC2 instances to leverage the flexibility and scalability of cloud infrastructure.

Skills: Javascript | React.js | Express.js | PostgreSQL | NGINX | Amazon EC2

### Front-End Engineer @ Personal Software Engineering Projects
Jan 2023 – Jan 2023
Worked on a team where we were tasked with delivering a fully functional e-commerce website that displayed a variety of products. 

- Created user reviews widget that displayed the overall ratings and statistic of the item as well as all user reviews .
- Developed a reusable star rating component that was used throughout the website. 
- Collaborated in a team to four using agile methodology to work on meeting requirements . 

Skills: Javascript | React.js | Express.js | Amazon EC2

### Hardware Validation Engineer | Signal Integrity @ Supermicro
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Jose, California, United States

### Summer Intern @ Blue Clover Devices - THE IoT ODM.
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
- Researched Flying probe testers for internal needs which included communication/handshake between devices and specifications needed to make the FPT work with Production Line Tool
- Communicated with Sales Engineers to sort through leads and research potential customers.
- Created Merifix testing fixture that worked alongside PLT so that it can test PCBs and load the firmware.

### Summer Intern @ Asteelflash
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018
- Collaborated with Engineers and Operators to help make the manufacturing process more efficient by applying 5S methodology throughout the whole manufacturing process.
- Worked alongside the document control team to transfer SAP software to Oracle software.
- Implemented Raspberry Pi with ESD tracker to track and store results to a computer by using RFID chips. 
- Created QR code label on Bartender to make tracking of PCBs throughout the manufacturing process easier
- Assists engineers for BOM review/loading, ECO, visual aids, MES routings, and QAD settings


## Education
### Master's degree in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026

### Certificate in Computer Software Engineering
Hack Reactor
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023

### Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
San José State University
Jan 2015 – Jan 2019


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/a-ma

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Last updated: 2026-03-20